The amount of mud caked on the wheels was spectacular. The rain that day was something else.

If Ryan follows this up with an "Outback Wilderness vs Forrester Wilderness" the internet will explode.

After watching your review and others, I bought this car about a year ago. Love it!! Have loved your channel for awhile now! Thanks for putting the cars through so much for our viewing benefit! :)

Your production quality puts all other automotive channels to shame! Great review as always!

“Confident, maybe not smart.” Best quote ever.

Very good performance for Forester. Have to admit , you pushed it to the limit. Great work .

Really great vid! Love how you actually challenge these cars and you use the same course so its easy to see the differences. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these vids. You are one of my goto channels for real offroad testing

Great video! Love seeing vehicles in action during inclement weather

Great test of the Wilderness, the limiting factor was the Geolander tires. I believe no other "crossover" could make it even in dryer conditions.

It would be real interesting to see the difference more aggressive AT tires make. Maybe find a Wilderness with Falken Wildpeak A/Ts or Goodrich All Terrain A/T's?

Seems pretty good considering how miserable and greasy the conditions were.

Wow..I wasn't expecting you to test the Forester Wilderness again, especially in such conditions Thanks for this. I bought one close to a year ago. Your first review helped me with my decision and I'm happy with it. I need to go off road with it more, but I don't plan on doing anything this challenging. This gives me an awesome idea what its off road limits are, though. Great reviews and amazing car! Thank you.

Absolutely love this forester and love the video man

YES! I'VE WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO!

Such a good video. It has solidified my decision. Thank you so much!

Excellent. Man that was fun to watch. Realistic test. Wish my 16 forester could do all of that lol. Sadly it’ll be a long time if any before I’ll be able to get my hands on a wilderness. Hoping they will do one for the crosstrek

I love my FW - I got mine back in May 2022 and I take it off road quite a bit in BC (Canada) which has some pretty gnarly forest service roads. It's handled exceptionally well so far!

I do love your videos, definitely fun. You have a lot more experience clearly than many KZfaq “car reviewers”

Thanks Ryan for showing me what my Forester is capable of!

That color is pretty cool. Great review as always.

I bought my 22 Wilderness for road trips & upgraded towing (small camper). It's been almost a year and ~24k miles and I couldn't be happier. I drive 128 miles round trip a day - in/out of Chicago. It performs well on urban highways (eg. Responsive enough for crazy city traffic). I haven't pushed it like this at all except for last winter when I tried the Deep Snow setting on my acreage in 10" of fresh snow. It never lost traction. Great video, thanks!

Great video. Liking the new course.

My husband got a 2022 forester wilderness recently. I love how reliable, capable and practical it is! It’s very nice to have it in the rainy/snowy weather here in Washington.

Personal experience from someone who has one. My wife's prior vehicle was a 2017 4runner things that are better MPG, ride quality, and safety. Downside is no locker, but we have not run into an issue anywhere we've been. It's done plenty of small trails with ease.

Given the mud, and those tires, that was a best possible result. Nice day out for your camera person....

Thanks for all the videos about the outback wilderness! If you can, I'd really like to see an off-road comparison between a regular base model outback and the wilderness (with both having the same tires, of course). Thanks for all the videos!

Wow how cool is this video! You pushed this car in the slickest of mud and dirt and rain, and congrats to you and Subaru for a job well done! Loved this

GREAT video! I want this vehicle SO badly!

I hope you returned to subaru with all that mud on the sides and in the wheels…just to let them know that you really drove it. 😂. This is why I love our Subarus.

Awesome job ry and nick love ya

Love all your videos… Take the Outback Wilderness through!

Your videographer in the rain is a true legend. 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

3:22 My wife when I say the alphabet backwards in under 25 seconds

VERY GOOD TEST!!!

love the new course!

That's my car!! I like it a lot, but two things I wish it had were more power and memory seats. Really wish they had a "Wilderness Touring" and put the FA24F engine in it. Oh well. We'll see what the redesign brings in a year or two. Though I prefer the Forester's tall interior and seating position, I might have to trade up to the Outback.

Great content. I’ve got one of these on order in the same color arriving soon. It’s good to see how capable it is given the poor weather. Would love more forester content if you can pump it out!

awesome video!!!

The best YTchannel about Subaru!

I like how the mud defeated you every time even thou you thought you had it until you went to the left where the road was still not as muddy. Cudos to the camera guy standing in the rain.

man is pushing a soccer mom car far beyond what some jeeps could do lol. tires pay you back, but great video!

Great review. Like to see the Outback Wilderness on this course

I would love to see this go up against the Outback in a video

I am not a Subaru guy but I like this one and think it did well all in all.

Even though I don't know your connection to Subaru, I feel like you're testing every manufacturer in the same fair conditions. Especially for a channel this size I don't see this as granted. 👍

Great video, love the forester wilderness, how about taking the outback wilderness next. 😊

I’d love to see the Outback Wilderness on the trail…

Better than I expected it to do. Especially considering the sloppy mud conditions. My TRD OR on the stock Dunlops would have struggled a little bit. (probably)

So awesome❤

I have had my Forister over the Alpine loop and Pouchkeepisi gulch in Colorado without a problem, also Black Bear Pass, no issues. Good off road tires and a 2" lift.

Just got some LP Aventure LP1's and Toyo open country at3's on my FW what a big difference they made in off-road performance without hampering on road comfort too much

Nicee i have a Forester xt 2014 and it's been a minute i want the new Wilderness. I saw all vids about it, but wanted more. U just answer my prayer 🤗 Ps: am gonna miss that turbo though 🙈

Man, those tires turned to slicks pretty quickly! I upgraded to a forester wilderness from a lifted '19 forester sport last February. Had to give mine a lift as well and upgrade to larger more aggressive tires, and it blows my old similarly modified '19 forester out of the water! Especially when it comes to off camber inclines where I got wheels off the ground.

I have a 2017 Forrester (actually belongs to my wife) that has X-Drive. I didn’t think that could be improved upon for driving in conditions like this. Looks like I was wrong! No matter, thanks for another great video.

Yesss finally a really offroad video of this car! Would love to see how much more capable it would be with more aggressive offroad tires.

I'd love to see the Jeep Cherokee take on this trail. Maybe even a comparison between the Trailhawk vs the non TH.

Лучший в сша обзорчик по тестам на внедорожняя и лесах. Респект

That is why you need Torqmasters locker in the rear diff. You can climb with out risking your car. Liked you have showed with the outback willderness. Great video, thanks a lot.

Best channel

Another great video as always. I didn't hear him mention what throttle mode he had the vehicle set to (S) or (I), did anyone pick up on that? I would like to know.

Good Job

The Forester did great in the mud! I know you test the vehicle as it comes and so don't air down the tires. But we all know how much better the Subie would have done with the tires aired down!

I’d love to see the Forester Wilderness on the dry trail.

Beyond my expectations

Awesome testing! You guys are one of the main reasons why I recently picked up a 2023 Outback Wilderness! 😊 👍 But I have a off topic question for you... What frame rate were you guys recording with? Just curious because you can see the rain really good.

This just might be my next vehicle.

Awesome performance

I'm kinda glad you are posting this I've been debating between the wilderness and the rav4 hybrid. They obviously have different pros and cons. I have a 97 4runner (in washington) for my offroading needs but it's also my Daily driver. But in the same breath I don't want to just rely on just that for camping/overlanding or whatever . I'd like to make it a designated offroader in the future. (175k miles) but the gas mileage of the rav4 sure is pretty in current times. I am trading in my 14 fusion on whatever I decide and the has mileage is comparable to the wildernesses while the rav4 makes up a little for my fiance driving the runner. I like that it has the weather package and the backs of the seats are protected when I bring my dogs places. Ontop of its ability to billygoat on trails if i need it to. But toyota reliability and electric / hybrid looming in the future I'm really debating. Whatever I get I'm gonna have forever. My big worries about the wilderness is past issues with the head gaskets and oil leaks. But I've always wanted a subaru. The wilderness looks so much more fun lmao. Best channel hands down

Yes I have enjoyed watching the subi

Biased Subie owner’s response here, but they are great cars. Very affordable, feature laden, practical and reliable vehicles. As far as the segment goes, they are, if not at the top, very close to the top of list when it comes to capabilities.

This guy managed to get paid for muddin’. Big ups.

Honestly, I was impressed by how well the Subaru did here. It would have been interesting to see it up against a 4x4 like the 4Runner in these wet conditions for comparison.

Very nice

Glad to see the work on tough lines, it’s always good to see someone else testing those limits before I do so myself. My own experience with mine has been pretty tame, with some gravel and dirt forest roads…decent ruts, but about 13 degrees max incline, just learning how the systems work. My biggest learning: turn off the Rear Assist Braking on overgrown roads, or it will interpret every bit of mid-track grass as a potential collision and constantly slam on the brakes.

Reat video as always, love the violin in the background, finally some good music, I'm comparing Forster with the new Mitsubishi plug in Outlander. Is it possible you get the Outlander for same test ?

Subaru is always excelent.

Nice video. Really didnt think you would make it over that first obstacle. It looked steep in the video so would have been a proper climb IRL. If all else fails, send it 😅😅

What is the mechanical differences between the forester wild. and the crosstrek outdoor/sport (Canada here)? Aside from the 9.2 inch clear and the under protection... Does the "X-MODE" works the same?

Great test! You’ll sell some outbacks with this video.

Wow nice is very difficult condition (wet slick mud pourring rain) and made like a champ

I like it. Maybe my next Forester will be a Wilderness. The next gen might be a proper hybrid and that would work for me well

My plan is to swap the tires out for a taller Falken AT3 Wildpeak the day I take delivery. Will have it setup to take directly to Discount Tire when i take delivery.

Can you please do the same with your jeep compass trail hawk?

Great work and a pretty good result for the Forrester, considering the conditions. However, after seeing your recent test of the Bronco Sport, Subaru should add a locker rear similar to the Bronco Sport to the Wilderness editions. They surely could adapt the technology from the STI.

can you make more subaru vids. And btw love all your vids

Would definitely like to see the Outback Wilderness on this course

A limited slip or locking differential would be a nice thing to see on an off road model

I have the 2017 2.0 XT Turbo model Forester. I like the added off-road capabilities of the new Wilderness edition, but I'm not willing to part with my 255 hp engine. I wish they'll bring it back!

We have a 2019 Forester. They are not designed for hard core or even moderate off roading, if you look underneath everything is flimsy looking including the diff and suspension parts. Our 2003 Sequoia 4WD is a lot more robust and more suited to a rugged off road environment. It has got me out of some very tricky situations that I know would have buried the Subaru. The Subaru CVT will not withstand a great deal of strain either.

I am impressed how you always manage to find worst possible weather

Is there a big difference in capabilities of the Forester Wilderness vs the base forester if they had the same tires?

When you finally made it up the "hill" you were full leaning toward the left, for the first time (7:45). Oops, rocks (11:49). The really good thing about these videos is that they are for the average buyer, not the tech-minded, not the hard-core motor sports hex-head gear nut. Most of the terms, I understand. Thank you!

These ground conditions are way too slippery - I bet it would be hard to get up the first hill with a Wrangler! But all in all the Forester did really GREAT !!!

I wonder how the cvt is going to hold up when doing this

Did you guys lower the psi on the tires?

Such a fun video. I had to watch the part when you climbed up the rocks on just the 2 wheels over and over. It looked like it was levitating. Want to borrow my Outback Wilderness and see how it compares?

one thing I wish this channel did was grab the most basic subaru forester or variant of the car they are testing and put it through all the same tests and reviews if you cant afford the top tier

How is that camera recording in all that rain? What kind of DSLR is that?

Nice video. I would have loved to have seen what it could do on the first challenge if it was dry and not muddy. Do you think it would have made it up easier if it wasn't rainy and muddy?

Just a quick second comment. I know you get a lot of requests for videos, but one I would be super curious to see would be a TRD-OR RAV4 on the Peninsula Course. I was seriously shocked at how middling even arguably poor its off-road performance was on the last review of it. Hard to believe that Toyota would badge something a TRD-OR that was borderline poor performing off-road. I’m hoping that maybe the R4 was just not feeling well that day. Lol. Thanks.